#55AFD7#55AFD7

#55AFD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.104 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFD7
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -15.13, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 32.07, 241.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.067 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.104 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3373, 37.4944, 69.8625)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFD7 #D77D55

analogous

#55D7BE #55AFD7 #556ED7

triadic

#55AFD7 #D755AF #AFD755

tetradic

#55AFD7 #BE55D7 #D77D55 #6ED755

square

#55AFD7 #BE55D7 #D77D55 #6ED755

split-complementary

#55AFD7 #D7556E #D7BE55

monochromatic

#226E90 #2D94C1 #55AFD7 #87C6E3 #B8DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#55AFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#55AFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFD7

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFD7	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BACD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.104 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e3',
    500: '#55afd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afd7;
$custom-light: #90c7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71476,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFD7

secondary

#DEBAAA

accent

#7543E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFD7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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